LLOYD, M., 2009. Hate, loathing and political theory: thinking with and against William Connolly. In: Finlayson, A. (ed.). Democracy and pluralism: the political thought of William E. Connolly. London: Routledge, pp. 114-128.

Abstract:

Refreshingly, William Connolly offers a different take on the connections between
emotion and political values, judgments and actions.
Specifically, his aim is to demonstrate how affect-imbued ideas (might) help to
nurture the ethos of generosity he is seeking to affirm. He is thus concerned with how
emotion and affect actively contribute towards the development of a particular
normative project, rather than hindering it. As will become clear, Connolly’s point is
not, however, that affectivity and emotion serve simply as auxiliaries to a rationally
derived ethos, the ‘glue’ binding us to our political values and judgements. They are,
rather, constitutive elements in the generation, nurturance and consolidation of that very ethos.